METHOD AND APPARATUS TO TRANSFER FILES BETWEEN TWO TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACES

• US 20120077436A1
• Filed: 09/23/2010
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Konded, Vikas Shankar, Rajan, Ravi, Lakshminarayana, Sreenivasa Sundapalyam, Harish, Vanitha R
• Granted Patent: US 8,781,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Systems and methods for configuring transferring a file between wireless communication devices are presented. The source device receives an input via a touch screen interface. It queries a destination device to determine if the destination device has received an input via the destination devices touch screen interface that completes a file transfer gesture. The source device transfers the file based on the response of the destination device to the query.

Claims

1. A method, implemented in a first wireless communication device, for transferring a file to a second wireless communication device, where one or more processors are programmed to perform steps comprising:

receiving an input via a touch screen interface from a user;

transmitting, responsive to the input, a query to the second wireless communication device;

receiving, from the second wireless device, an indication that a corresponding input was received at the second wireless communication device via a touch screen interface on the second wireless communication device; and

transmitting the file to the second wireless communication device responsive to the indication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises a touch from a first finger of a hand and the corresponding input comprise a touch from a second finger of the hand.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising pairing with the second wireless communication device according to the Bluetooth standard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the query further comprises fingerprint information, temperature information, or timestamp information corresponding to the input.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying to the user, via the touch screen interface; and

selecting the file based, at least in part on a location of the input on the touch screen interface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the query comprises transmitting the query to the second wireless device via a wireless access device.

7. A method, implemented in a first wireless communication device, for transferring a file to a second wireless communication device, where one or more processors are programmed to perform steps comprising:

receiving an input via a touch screen interface from a user;

transmitting, responsive to the input, a query to the second wireless communication device;

receiving, from the second wireless device, information regarding one or more inputs received at the second wireless communication device via a touch screen interface on the second wireless communication device; and

comparing the input to information regarding the one or more inputs; and

transferring a file to the second wireless communication device responsive to the comparison.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the information regarding the one or more inputs comprises fingerprint information, temperature information, or timestamp information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises determining fingerprint information, temperature, or timestamp information associated with the input.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein comparing the input to the information comprises comparing timestamp information associated with the input with timestamp information associated with one or more of the one or more inputs.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein comparing the input to the information comprises comparing fingerprint information associated with the input with fingerprint information associated with one or more of the one or more inputs.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising pairing with the second wireless communication device according to the Bluetooth standard.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying to the user, via the touch screen interface, one or more files; and

selecting the file based, at least in part on a location of the input on the touch screen interface.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein comparing comprises determining whether the input corresponds to a touch from a first finger of a hand and whether one or more of the inputs corresponds to a touch from a second finger of the hand.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein the transmitting the query comprises transmitting the query to the second wireless device via a wireless access device.

16. A technical system for wireless communication, the system comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer executable programmed modules;

a processor communicatively coupled with the non-transitory computer readable medium for executing programmed modules stored therein;

an interface module stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to receive an input via a touch screen interface from a user;

a communication module stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to transmit a query to a wireless communication device and configured to receive from the wireless communication device, an indication that a corresponding input was received at the wireless communication device via touch screen interface of the wireless communication device; and

a file transfer module stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to transfer a file to the wireless communication device responsive to the indication.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the input comprises a touch from a first finger of a hand and the corresponding input comprise a touch from a second finger of the hand.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising pairing with the wireless communication device according to the Bluetooth standard.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the query further comprises fingerprint information, temperature information, or timestamp information corresponding to the input.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying to the user, via the touch screen interface; and

selecting the file based, at least in part on a location of the input on the touch screen interface.